Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Full reference: D. Navarro-Santillan, F. Sour-Tovar, and E. Centeno-Garca. 2002. Lower Mississippian (Osagean) brachiopods from the Santiago Formation, Oaxaca, Mexico: stratigraphic and tectonic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 15(3):327-336
Belongs to Punctospirifer according to D. Navarro-Santillan et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Punctospirifer adstrictus, Punctospirifer afghanus, Punctospirifer ambiguus, Punctospirifer coronae, Punctospirifer fastigata, Punctospirifer globosa, Punctospirifer guangyuanensis, Punctospirifer inflatus, Punctospirifer kentuckensis, Punctospirifer patulus, Punctospirifer pseudocristatus, Punctospirifer solidirostris, Punctospirifer sulcifer, Punctospirifer transversus
Type specimen: FCMP E1-774, a shell
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 18 m above base, stream bed of Arroyo Las Pulgas, 600 m N of Santiago Ixtaltepec (Carboniferous of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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